honeezkʼází

Navajo

Etymology

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -ni- (adjectival) + -si- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kʼází (neuter perfective stem of root -KʼAAZ, “to be cold”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

honeezkʼází

1. an area is cool

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.

Synonyms

• hoozkʼaz
• hooneezkʼaz

Antonyms

• honeezílí
• honeezdo
• hoozdo

Related terms

• diłkʼáás (perfective form deeskʼaaz)
• honiikʼáás
• neezkʼaz
• sikʼaz